Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,694, settled in 1891.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Mayo grades B overall, 137th of 259 graded towns in Maryland. It has 9 miles of trail. The median household earns $155K and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 85% of the country. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $605K, 6.1 years of the Baltimore metro’s $99K median household income. Mayo’s median household income is $155,000, above both the Maryland town median ($113,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Gresham is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Mayo beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 17% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Mayo is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2016 and 6 maps from 1892 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mayo. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw28 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw30 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw29 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw28 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaNorthwest StadiumWhite House: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Washington Monument: Oren Rozen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arlington National Cemetery: Protoant, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Northwest Stadium: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0
Mayo is unincorporated, so Anne Arundel County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Mayo.
Mayo has less food insecurity than most of Maryland and sends most of its workers to Parole and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Maryland.
9.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Mayo is 1.0 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Loch Haven Park, at 31 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Loch Haven Park | — | 31 |
| 2. Carr's Wharf | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Anne Arundel County Public Schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 351 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities. Since 2003, 19 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mayo.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its widest gap with Maryland is food insecurity: 9% of its 6,814 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.4% statewide. Against the 2,427 U.S. towns with household incomes like Mayo’s, it is less healthy than 66%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
18% of Mayo adults binge drink. Mayo beats the Maryland average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 19% of Mayo adults get no exercise outside work.
| Mayo | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 23% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 12% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mayo | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.1% | 13.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mayo has 946 jobs for its 3,799 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 687 in 2013 to 946.
Most working residents leave Mayo for work: only 5% work in town. Mayo’s average trip to work is 35 minutes. Since 2013, Mayo has added 259 jobs, to 946 in 2023.
| Mayo | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.6% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 3.1% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mayo has mild winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 28° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Maryland average. 44% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Mayo.
| Mayo | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 44% | 42% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 16% | 18% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.4 points. Across Maryland, 51.3% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 69% are men (MD 51%).
| Mayo | MD | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.1% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.3% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.5% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.9% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.2% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.8% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.3% | 8.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.7% | 23.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.7% | 17.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.3% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.3% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.8% | 20.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
At 6.1 years of the Baltimore metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 92% of Maryland towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
3 within 15 miles of the center of Mayo
About 5 of every 100 Mayo residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
Where Mayo’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Mayo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 8,298 in the 2010 census. The Mayo CDP of 2010 includes all of the area that used to be counted as the Selby-on-the-Bay CDP. The beach in Mayo used to be a popular weekend resort.
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2 towns share a border with Mayo.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo | #137 | B | C− | — | B− | A |
| Edgewater | #105 | B+ | D | — | B− | A |
| Annapolis Neck | #112 | B+ | D | — | B− | A |
Mayo, Edgewater and Annapolis Neck report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mayo with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Mayo grades B overall, better than 61% of U.S. towns and #137 of 259 in Maryland. It grades A for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $605,000, 42% above the Maryland typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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